U.S. Navy snipers fatally shot three pirates holding an American cargo-ship captain hostage after seeing that one of the ...

A dangerous mission unfolds as American service members confront the Taliban to rescue a hostage.

In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Brig. Gen. Joshua Shani, the lead pilot who flew the mission, reflected on the planning, execution and enduring legacy of the operation ...

Four hostages have been rescued in an Israeli operation that took weeks of planning – but killed scores of Palestinians in Gaza and left behind a trail of devastation. At least 274 Palestinians were ...

A magnifying glass hovers over a map of North and West Africa in this undated stock photo. automation An American citizen abducted last week in Niger has been rescued during a high-risk U.S. military ...

The SAS has been involved in numerous missions to protect national security. Here are five hostage rescue missions.

To be abducted in Athens on an Air France plane makes sense,” Gonen said. “But to be abducted at home, in the State of Israel ...

Israel released the files ahead of the raid's 50th anniversary on July 3. Israel on Friday released a cache of previously classified documents that outline in detail the decisions behind a daring 1976 ...

Fifty years on, Israelis snatched by Palestinian terrorists to Uganda as children honor the paratrooper who was paralyzed in the audacious rescue operation ...